Baby-jumper.



No. 708,641. Patented sept. 9, |902.

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BABY JUMPER. (Afppliation led'Feb. 28, 1902.)

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(Application led- Feb. 28, 1902.)

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(No Model.)

@Ziyi UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE JOHN HOLTON, OF PONGA, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO GEORGE W. DIEHL, OF PONGA, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

BABY-JUMPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,641, datedSeptember 9, 1902.

Application iiled February 28, 1902. Serial No. 96,049. (No model.)

To all whom it 'may concern,.- same being disposed parallel with and asuit- Be it known that I, GEORGE JOHN HoLToN, able distance forward ofand connected to a citizen of the United States, residing at the backrails 3 by cross-braces 8. Ponca, in the county of Kay and Territory of.The seat is provided with arms or rails 9, 5 Oklahoma, have inventedcertain new and connected by vertical posts 10 to rails 1, and 55 usefulImprovements in Baby-Jumpers, of secured to the front end of said armsor rails which the following is a specification. 9 are eyebolts 11, fora purpose which here- My invention relates to baby-jumpers; and inafterappears. my object is to produce a device of this char- The cover of thedevice is in the form of 1o acter which may be readily transformed intoa single vpiece of canvas, duck, or other suit- 6o a chair or a hammockand in which the back able vfabric and comprises the seat portion may besecured at the angle most comfortable 12, secured by tacks or screws 13to the crossto the occupant. bar12, and the back portion 14, secured byWith this object in view, and others as heretacks or screws to thecross-bar 4, as at 15,

I5 inafter appear, the invention consists in cersaid seat portion andback portion being also 65 tain novel and peculiar features ofconstrucsimilarly secured to the rails 1 and 3, as tion and combinationof parts, as hereinafter shown. i described and claimed, and in orderthat it v A spring-metal'arch, preferably of heavy may be fullyunderstood reference is to be wire, is arranged a suitable distanceforward 2o had to the accompanyingdrawings,in whichof the back andcomprises the bridge or top 7o Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthedevice portion 16, extending transversely over the arranged as a chair.Fig. 2 is a detail perseat, and the vertical depending legs 17, eX-spective view showing the back-brace of the tending down through rails 9and 1 and rigchair. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the idly secured insuch relation in any suitable z5 device arranged as a hammock. Fig. 4 isa manner, and said legs `near their upper ends 75 y detail perspectiveView showing the tray or are bent to form guide eyes or loops 18, tofoot-board in the position it occupies to perwhich are attached, bypreference, the lower mit the child to be placed in the chair. ends ofstrong retractile springs 19, which Referring now to the drawingsin'detail, 1 springs are suspended by suitable cables 2O 3o designatesthe side rails of the seat portion, froni the ceiling or other overheadpoint, so 8o connected at their front ends by a cross-bar as to providea resilient support for the chair or round 2 and at their rear ends tothe lower or hammock. l ends of rails 3 of the back, said rails being 21designates a pair of clamping-blocks prooonnected at their upper endsbya cross-bar vided with central holes 22, through which 35 or round 4.The connection between the the arch-legs 17 extend, and with holes 23 2485 back and seat is a pivotal one, the bars being forward and rearward,respectively, of holes halved together and pivoted, as at 5, and at 22.Light ropes or their equivalents are.

a suitable distance above this connection the threaded throughguide-eyes 13 of the arch back rails are connected by a cross-brace, andfrom the latter depend so as to provide 4o said brace having a depressedcentral porloops 25. The front strands of the loops ex- 9o tion 6, so asto not inconvenience the occutend'down through holes 23 of theclampingpant of the seat or of the hammock. When blocks and thendownwardly and forwardly arranged as a hammoclQthe depressed porandthrough rails 9 and 1, being` knotted or tion obviously projects forwardand occurs otherwise secured to the latter,as`shown at 45 opposite thehollow of the occupants back, 26. The rear strands of said loops extend95 whereas if it were a straight brace in the podown through holes 24 ofthe clamping-blocks, sition shown it would inconvenience the octhencethrough rails 7near their rear ends,and cupant when occupying either anupright'or through rails 3, to which they are secured by a recumbentposition. knots 27 or otherwise.

5o 7 designates side rails for the back, the From the foregoing it willbe apparent by Ioo reference to Figs. l and 3 that the variation in thelength of loops 25 determines the degree of inclination of the back tothe seatthat is to say, when the loops are longestviz., when theclamping-blocks are depressed as far as possible-the back issubstantially upright, and that when the loops are short ened by slidingthe clampingblocks upwardly on the arch the back swings downward towarda horizontal plane, and it will also be understood in this connectionthat the clamping-blocks are of such type that they reliably secure theback at the desired angle and may be quickly and easily operated.

28 designates a board having iianges 29 projecting from one face, so asto form atray. At its opposite side and in one edge it is provided witha pair of eyebolts 30, in which is pivoted spring-metal U-shaped brace3l, having hook terminals 32 for engagement with eyebolts ll when theedge of the board most remote from the eyebolts is resting upon thefront edge of the seat, as shown in Fig. 3, a guard against dislodgmentof the footboard being provided in the use of the eye 33, encircling andslidingly mounted on the vertical rod 34, secured at its opposite endsto the front ends of one set of the seat-rails l and 9, the upper end ofsaid rod being bent outwardly to form a shoulder 35, where the board mayhang at times, and the loop 36, the latter, in conjunction with thecut-away corner 37, permitting the board to be twisted and manipulatedin such a way that it can assume any of the positions shown in thedrawings. In Fig. l in full lines and in Fig. 3 in dotted lines it isshown as a tray and is resting upon rails 9, being secured in suchposition through the medium of the eye 33 engaging rod 34 and the eye 38engaging hook or eye 39 of rail 9 at the opposite side of the tray fromrod 34, this being the position it occupies when the device is used as achair. In Fig. 3 in full lines the board is shown as inverted and issupported upon the seat by the hook-brace 3l from rails 9, whichposition is that which it is caused to assume when the device is used asa hammock.

As the manipulation oi' the sliding clamping-blocks for the purpose oftransforming the device from a chair into a hammock, and vice Versa, hasbeen explained, further description of the operation of the device isdeemed unnecessary, and it is to be understood that while I have shownand described the preferred embodiment of the invention it issusceptible of modification in minor particulars without departing fromits essential spirit and scope or sacrificing any of its advantages. i

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. A baby-jumper, comprising a seat portion having at its front end anadjustable board to be used as a foot-rest or a tray, a back hinged tothe seat portion, an arch secured to the seat portion, clam ping-blocksslidingly mounted on the arch, and iiexible connections slidinglyconnected to the arch and extending doWn through the clamping-blocks andconnected to the seat portion at one end and extending down through theclampingblocks and connected at their opposite ends to the upper part ofthe back portion.

2. A baby-jumper, comprising a seat portion having at its front end anadjustable board to be used as a foot-rest or a tray, a back hinged tothe seat portion, an arch secured to the seat portion, clamping-blocksslidingly mounted on the arch, flexible connections slidingly connectedto the arch and extending down through the clamping-blocks and connectedto the seat portion at one end and extending down through theclampingblocks and connected at their opposite ends to the upper part ofthe back portion, and springs suitably suspended and attached at theirlower ends to the arch.

3. A baby-jumper, comprising a seat portion, side rails or armstherefor, a rod connecting the front ends of one set of the side railswith the seat portion proper below, and having its upper end formed witha shoulder 35, and a loop above said shoulder, a board having an eyeengaging said rod and adapted to rest as a tray upon the side rails,means for additionally securing the tray in such p0- sition.

4. A baby-jumper, comprising a seat portion, side rails or armstherefor, a rod connecting the front ends of one set of the side railswith the seat portion proper, below, and having its upper end formedwith a shoulder 35, and a loop above said shoulder, a board having asliding connection with said rod and adapted to rest upon the seatportion proper, and a brace for detachably hooking said board to theside rails and thus supporting it as a foot-rest.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE JOI-IN I-IOLTON.

Witnesses:

W. K. MOORE, ELLIS DAVIS.

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